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Board of Ethical Conduct asks Metro Clerk for report on clients tied to repeat lobbyist noncompliance
Summary
After reviewing the Metro Clerk's 2024 lobbying report showing six lobbyists failed to file annual reports, the Board voted unanimously to request a follow-up analysis identifying clients with repeated compliance failures and to reconvene once the clerk provides the data.
The Board of Ethical Conduct voted 5-0 to request a data report from the Metro Clerk's Office identifying clients whose registered lobbyists repeatedly failed to file required annual reports.
Board members discussed the Metro Clerk's 2024 lobbying and expense report, which showed 94 registered lobbyists, 88 reports received and six lobbyists who did not file the January 31 annual report, equal to 93.6% compliance for the reporting year. The clerk's packet noted that only one client on the nonfiling list had new lobbyists registered for 2025: Old Town Trolley Tours of Nashville, which listed two new lobbyists for 2025.
Metro Clerk's Office staff told the board they track filings historically and compiled four years of data for the packet. The clerk's summary noted some registrants formally withdrew (one withdrawal recorded…
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